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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Worth the Wait

This morning we left at 6:30 to go see the balloons. It didn't say cancelled online today, so we thought we were in luck.

You can see the sky in the background was dark and the clouds were low, so they sent a ball up to test the weather. It came back negative.

They decided instead, since a good number of people did show, to blow all of the balloons up and leave them tethered. It was fun to watch them inflate.

One of the balloons did go up, though I'm not sure why, even the MC sounded surprised when she announced that it was in the air (a rebel amongst us, perhaps??? Or maybe not, who knows. :) ).

It was great to get to see the balloons so up close and personal.

Sparty was there, representin', and he was looking good, as usual. ;)

There were quite a few balloons, and it would have been spectacular to see them all taking off, but this was different, and peaceful, and nice.

Hubby's off work today and was supposed to go with us, but when we tried to wake him up, it was clear he was no longer interested in our early morning adventure. Same scenario in the teen's room. So it ended up being me and little man. He loved every single thing about the balloons, but when he wanted to watch he sat way back here. I asked him why so far and he said he was scared of the fire (that keeps the balloons up). ;)

The balloons weren't up too long at all before they started taking them down again. It wasn't what we went to see, but it was just as good, in a different way, and I'm glad we stuck around for a bit. We'll head back later today probably, to see the car show and the fair (if we can ever get the rest of the family out of bed). ;) It's going to be hot today, but that's okay... it just means summer's here, and for that I say a big woohooo!

These photos are just gorgeous! I'll bet this was so much fun -many years ago we lived somewhere where hot air balloons would go by on a Sunday morning and I loved it! Thanks for sharing this with us - have a great weekend!

They're gorgeous, but it's too bad they had to stay tethered. I think I figured out howcum the Remax balloon took off. They misunsderstood when they heard somebody mention "building castle in the sky" and they wanted to have first shot at listing them. (Sorry. That was pretty bad.)

Hi Rosy .. it sounds ideal for the little guy - I bet he was mesmerised with the colours, and balls of air .. aren't they glorious - bet his mind was wandering too imagining all sorts .. what fun - lovely to see.

In some ways bet it was just wonderful to be together for a special day ..

I'm from St. Louis, and every year they do a balloon glow the night before the balloon race. Somehow I have managed to miss it every single year and this post just makes me realize how much I long to see it. I think hot air balloons are so amazing. In fact, I once dated a guy whose neighbor had one! I kept trying to get him to take me up, but I think he thought I was joking! :)Thanks for stopping by Monday's Nugget! Lanahttp://www.mondaysnugget.com/

Sparty rocks. :) I bet your little one's would like it. It's free, but if you go to the afternoon launch it is surrounded by things that are not (free). ;) There's a fair, car show, laser show, animal petting area, pony rides, etc. It's a fun way to spend the day and the balloons make it unique.

They also have live music. We got to see the Pistons Drum Line play when we went and that was aaaaaaaawesome. :)

Wow! that's amazing to be able to see that up close and personal. my kids would looove that! He is a smart lil guy you know for not getting close to the fire. Kids can surprise you sometimes. Thanks for sharing :)